Chapter 182: Human Race Tremors

The battle in the Xuan Guang Secret Realm was truly a whirlwind of change!

In an instant, Zhou Yang unleashed three consecutive Light of Annihilation attacks, and directly killed the Rotating Annihilation Lord, sending him plummeting!

Wha‑la‑la~

With the Rotating Annihilation Lord's fall, the Supreme Treasures and storage rings he carried instantly scattered across Xingkong.

"Ha ha, a Supreme Treasure of a Universe Master—this trip wasn't in vain!"

Zhou Yang extended his hand, binding with Divine Power, and directly drew the World Ring, the lapis spear, top‑tier armor and other Supreme Treasures left by the Rotating Annihilation Lord toward himself.

"Looking for death!"

"Leave it for me!"

In the distant Xingkong, a silver river a million kilometers long surged forward, and a towering giant peak of equal length descended to crush.

The entire Xingkong trembled continuously, and two Universe Masters began to jointly contest Zhou Yang for control of the surrounding spacetime, hoping to retain the Rotating Annihilation Lord's Supreme Treasures.

"Both of them are Universe Masters with massive divine bodies,"

Zhou Yang gave a single glance and instantly abandoned any intention to continue the fight.

His Divine Power purity was far inferior to those Universe Masters, making combat too disadvantageous.

Killing a Universe Master was already a huge achievement, so it was best to retreat while ahead!

He raised his hand and grasped; a Chaos Hole world formed between his fingers, unleashing a powerful Swallow force that pulled the Rotating Annihilation Lord's relics accelerating toward him, all absorbed into his own World Ring.

Then he flashed a brilliant smile at the two rapidly approaching Universe Masters, and his figure vanished in an instant, "Boom—"

The silver river surged, and the towering mountain range pressed down.

"Hm? Where are the humans?"

Facing the suddenly empty Xingkong, both Universe Masters were puzzled, instantly wielding Divine Power to sweep the four directions, causing the entire Aurora Belt to churn and roll continuously.

However, no matter how they probed, the originally locked target vanished into thin air, never to be seen again, and a sense of unease flashed in their minds. The three Universe Masters simultaneously moved to encircle a Human Race Immortal prodigy; if he escaped, their reputations would truly be ruined! "Even the Rotating Annihilation Lord's Doppelganger fell; this is troublesome."

"First that one, then the great axe, then Chaos, and now this defiant Reincarnation King. Human Race, truly luck never ends!"

"Report to the clan first,"

……

As for how the Three Great Races internally trembled Zhou Yang, he didn't care; he had already entered his own New Universe.

"I... I actually slashed a Universe Master."

Zhou Yang still felt his blood boiling; though he understood after the kill that the Rotating Annihilation Lord must have had a Doppelganger, because the Supreme Treasures still bore Life imprints, but the distance was too great— even the Burning Fire Lord could sense them yet retrieve none.

He could simply spend some time, using Divine Power to forcibly break those imprints.

"Even if it's just a Doppelganger, he hasn't truly died, after all he's a Universe Master."

Zhou Yang was ecstatic, "With New Universe Power controlling spacetime, and the Reincarnation Divine Armor amplifying the Fusion Secret Method, I now possess the ability to clash with a true Universe Master. And what truly lets me ascend to slay a Universe Master is the Strongest Talent Secret Art, Light of Annihilation!"

Three successive Light of Annihilation strikes directly annihilated a Universe Master; such overwhelming force was practically monstrous! Yet this is Zhou Yang—if anyone else tried, even with a similar strongest secret method, they could never achieve this level.

After all, who among ordinary people would risk expending 80% of their Divine Power in one move? If you can't finish with a single blow and must continue the fight with the remaining 20%, it's no different from courting death. Only Zhou Yang, with near‑infinite Divine Power replenishment from the New Universe Origin, dares such madness!

Even so, he hollowed out his divine body three times, using three consecutive super‑enhanced Light of Annihilation attacks to finally slay the Rotating Annihilation Lord's Doppelganger! In hindsight, Light of Annihilation fits him perfectly—almost tailor‑made! Its power scales directly with the Divine Power invested; the more power poured in, the stronger its might.

Now Zhou Yang draws on New Universe Origin Power, his Divine Power essentially limitless, making consumption no concern! Even the Nine Nether Lord, the largest known divine body in the Original Universe, likely cannot match his reserves and regeneration.

After all, he has an entire massive Universe as backing! Currently, Zhou Yang's command of the Eight Laws, powered by New Universe Power, lets him control spacetime; his secret arts include the Strongest Talent Secret Art Light of Annihilation and a Fusion Secret Method, 'Chaos Hole Suppression', whose potency nearly matches the strongest secret method. Among Supreme Treasures, his Reincarnation Divine Armor ranks among the top of all Peak Supreme Treasures. Compared with a true Universe Master, his only shortfall is Divine Power level. Though he is still merely Immortal, even at 10,081 times the Perfect Gene Level, that's only equivalent to a hundredfold Universe Venerable or the theoretical baseline of a single Universe Master's Divine Power.

However, a Universe Master with a Life Gene Level of 1× does not exist in reality! Once one becomes a Universe Master, the life shackles unlock, allowing the gene level to break beyond a hundredfold and keep rising.

Every Universe Master naturally prioritizes raising their own Life Gene Level, as it is the quickest way to boost combat power.

Thus, even the most ordinary, destitute Universe Master has a Life Gene Level of at least several hundred to a thousand times! Take that Rotating Annihilation Lord, whose technique is the ultimate Universe Master secret method—slightly inferior to Chaos Hole Suppression—his Supreme Treasures are only Top‑tier Supreme Treasures, far weaker than Reincarnation Divine Armor, yet his Divine Power level is a thousandfold that of a typical Universe Master.

Just on that basis, it could completely suppress Zhou Yang.

"I have fully comprehended the Eight Fundamental Laws; with the aid of Chaos sigils, my grasp of time and space laws accelerates, and I should soon surpass the Universe Venerable. Then my Life Gene will surge a hundredfold, making battles with Universe Masters a breeze."

"Unfortunately, the remaining portion of the Life Record cannot be imprinted now."

Zhou Yang's gaze pierced the endless spacetime, instantly spotting the massive Life Record that had merged into the New Universe Origin Land.

At that time, he had only imprinted the core 36 mainline Meridian Diagrams of the Life Record onto his body, elevating his genes to the Perfect Gene Level.

However, when he tried to continue copying the remaining 72 side diagrams and 108 auxiliary diagrams, he found he could not proceed any further.

Even though he had fully memorized the Life Record, he could not imprint it onto his body.

Zhou Yang vaguely sensed that this was likely due to the existence of the life shackles.

Even with the most defiant secret techniques and opportunities, before breaking through a Universe Master and unlocking the 'life shackles', 10,081 times is the highest gene multiplier attainable, which is the Perfect Gene Level permitted by the Original Universe.

"I guess I'll have to wait until I surpass a Universe Master to break the Perfect Gene bottleneck."

Zhou Yang withdrew his gaze, contemplating his next plan.

"Surpassing a Venerable, even a Universe Master, is merely a matter of time for me; I will cultivate step by step. My next focus remains on the fusion of the Eight Laws."

In his battle with the Rotating Annihilation Lord, he already glimpsed the massive potential of Fusion Laws.

The Eight Lower Laws each contain 10,081 basic Fundamental Law Essences.

Now he can only fuse the first 1,080 Fundamental Law Essences of the Eight Laws, and the resulting Chaos Hole Suppression already approaches the level of a Universe Master's strongest talent secret art!

Further research will inevitably boost this secret method's power!

Moreover, as his understanding of Fusion Laws deepens, the potency that the Reincarnation Divine Armor can unleash will grow stronger! "Speaking of which, Treasure Refining Art is the combined application of various Fundamental Law Essences; since I also have a task to perfect the Reincarnation Divine Armor, I can use Treasure Refining to aid my study of Fusion Secret Methods."

Zhou Yang smiled, "By grasping the New Universe's evolutionary mysteries and employing Treasure Refining Art to master the combination of various Fundamental Law Essences, my insight into Law Fusion should advance a step faster!"

While Zhou Yang hid in the New Universe planning his next moves, a cataclysmic tremor in the Original Universe instantly swept across the Demon Race, Insect Race, and Mechanical Race—the Three Great Races.

The news, unable to be contained, began to spread; soon even the Human Race received the report. "What? Zhou Yang killed a Universe Master!!!"

(End of Chapter)